MANY THANKS to everyone who donated use of images for the warbler workshop Bob Janssen did for our other refuge volunteers on Saturday. We ALL learned something new! Following the indoor presentation, we looked around the HQ yard a bit, then made a loop around the Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive, stopping 3 places to look for warblers. We hit pay dirt in the woodlands just past mile marker 5, where we tallied 11 species of warblers, 4 vireos, and blue-gray gnatcatcher. Very exciting was the find of 3 buff-breasted sandpipers on the north end of Big Bluestem Pool - new refuge birds for me. (I think Bob Janssen is my good luck charm) Everyone got to see several common gallinules on Big Bluestem Pool as well. They have been much easier to see the last 3 weeks or so - out foraging in the open a lot more often. Our total species count for the day was 68. Betsy Beneke Visitor Services Manager Sherburne NWR
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